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        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
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      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
      • Ch 5: Flexing Your Pathways
        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
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Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School

Battle Physics League
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Nevermind the physics: it’s all about collaboration

April 22, 2019April 25, 2019 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Green Mountain Union High School, Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, math, physics, projectile launchers, The Dorset School, transferable skills, trigonometry

Battle Physics hosts first multi-school tournament That is just what Allan Garvin and Becky Bushey did to raise the stakes

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What to assess in a student-led conference: Ruthie's student-led conference at Leland and Gray
Stories from VT Students Student-Led Conferences 

Student-led conferences come to Leland & Gray

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School

Change is hard! And changing a school procedure that has been the same forever is even harder! Leland and Gray

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Service Learning Teaming The 21st Century Classroom 

All about service learning

November 28, 2018February 11, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, The Cabot School
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with Katy Farber From real and relevant to what to do in the event of a mountain bike accident, the

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what does service learning look like
Service Learning Stories from VT Students 

What does service learning look like in Vermont?

October 26, 2018October 29, 2018 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School

Leland & Gray students take on a school community makeover At Leland & Gray Union Middle High School, students decided

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Service Learning 

How to plan a service learning project in 5 stages

June 20, 2018September 10, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School

Leland & Gray lead the way Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School, in Townshend, VT, used a popular

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Pear Deck
Proficiency-Based Learning 

Using PearDeck in a proficiency-based environment

January 19, 2018September 10, 2018 Susan Hennessey 0 Comments Green Mountain Union High School, Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, PearDeck

Looking at tech tools for formative assessment In a proficiency-based learning environment, frequent, flexible, and transparent assessments become cornerstones of

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